Record ID: WAW-5F5405
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval (13th to mid-14th century) copper alloy buckle: The buckle is a D-shaped frame which has a narrowed and slightly off-set frame. The frame is expanded in width towards the apex. The pin is an elongated triangle which is curled around the strap bar. The frame is abraded and has and incomplete dark green patina.
Around the strap bar there is a buckle plate which is a rectangular sheet folded in half across the bar to form a U-shape in profile. The fold of the plate has a slot in the centre where the pin is positioned and the corners removed so that the fold is slightly narrowed.…
Created on: Monday 21st January 2019
Last updated: Monday 21st January 2019Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WAW-5F0F6D
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval (1100-1500) probable fragment of a swivel strap fitting or junction: The copper alloy object is a swivel fitting to which two straps were are connected. The fragment is an incomplete frame which has a thickened edge which has a perforation through it. Through the perforation there is an iron shaft which is corroded. The arms of the frame are incomplete and broken, but not recently.
The surface of the copper alloy frame is abraded and the iron is slightly corroded.
The swivel fitting weighs 5.5g and measures 22.43mm long, 19.94mm wide and 9.83mm thick.
Such swivels were used…
Created on: Monday 21st January 2019
Last updated: Monday 21st January 2019Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WAW-5EF0BC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 3, Plate 46, AD c. 50-400). The copper alloy brooch has semi-cylindrical wings which terminate with incomplete perforated wing caps. The wing are undecorated. The axis bar, spring and pin are missing. At the centre of the upper edge of the wings/bow head there is a perforated lug which has a fragment of the chord remaining. The bowhead is slightly hump-like in profile with a central ridge. The head has a moulding on either side. The bow is semi-circular in section and tapers to a broken, blunt point toward…
Created on: Monday 21st January 2019
Last updated: Monday 21st January 2019
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Record ID: IOW-5ECCA6
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete undiagnostic silver-gilt object of Uncertain date.
This object is sub-triangular in plan, moulded at the front and flat at the rear. A scroll in each corner at the top is divided equally by a vertical ridge. Just to one side of the ridge a circular hole, c. 0.9mm in diameter, has been pierced from the front. There is an unfinished circular hole further down on the other side of the ridge. It is possible that there was hook at the pointed end. However, there is no obvious break. Silver can be seen at the top where there is a break.
Length: 14.7mm; width: 10.8mm; thicknes…
Created on: Monday 21st January 2019
Last updated: Monday 21st January 2019Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-5EBD53
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman brooch: An incomplete cast copper alloy Polden Hill type (Mackreth 2011, 4.i. Plate 48, dating from AD 80 - 120). The spring, axis bar, pin and lower portion of the bow are missing. The wings are undecorated, with perforated wing caps, which are incomplete. There is a hook at the centre of the upper edge of the wings.
The bow head is slightly angular, with a moulding either side and the bow is vertical. The bow head is decorated with a central ridge which leads down to the mid point of the bow. On the bow, either side of the ridge there are high-relief lentoids on the upper port…
Created on: Monday 21st January 2019
Last updated: Monday 21st January 2019Spatial data recorded.